Survey Findings Anne Maree Payne & Heidi Norman

85.2% of First Nations respondents indicated that participating in truth-telling was very important to them, compared to 75.6% of non-Indigenous respondents; more than twice as many non-Indigenous respondents (7.5%) than First Nations respondents (3.7%) were uncertain about the importance of participating in truth telling, and a small number of non-Indigenous respondents indicated that participati. [...] First Nations respondents were also much more likely to agree that truth-telling might emphasise divisions and differences between First Nations and other Australians (60.4% of First Nations respondents, compared to only 31.2% of non-Indigenous respondents), possibly due to greater recognition by First Nations respondents of the range of hard and challenging truths that need to be shared. [...] While there was some minor variation in responses between First Nations and non-Indigenous respondents, most respondents felt that it was important that truth-telling was led by First Nations peoples (88.2% of First Nations respondents compared to 87.7% of non-Indigenous 32 respondents); and that truth-telling brings First Nations and non-Indigenous Australians together (82.4% of First Nations res. [...] While 85.7% of First Nations respondents and 83.2% of non-Indigenous respondents felt that Australians whose ancestors arrived in Australia in the colonial era should participate in truth-telling, 12.2% of First Nations respondents and 11% of non-Indigenous respondents were neutral / unsure about this aspect. [...] Historical Acceptance Level of knowledge about the history of colonial Australia Level of knowledge about the histories of First Nations peoples in Australia Level of knowledge about First Nations cultures Main sources of information about First Nations peoples Level of agreement with key statements about Aboriginal History 2.